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Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation | USA

Pennsylvania

This section covers the full range of matters involving employee benefits and compensation plans including advising on the design and implementation thereof, as well as related taxation issues. It also includes advice on executive compensation agreements and benefits matters pertaining to corporate transactions. Moreover, it includes contentious matters pertaining to the implementation of benefit plans. Please also see ERISA litigation for disputes brought under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.

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Band 1

  1. Ballard Spahr LLP
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    Ballard Spahr LLP
    Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
    2025 | Band 1 | 6 Years Ranked
    Ballard Spahr LLP has an experienced employee benefits and executive compensation team handling the full spectrum of matters. Its expertise covers a host of plans, including health benefit, welfare and tax-qualified retirement plans, and the team is also capable of handling ERISA litigation. The firm's clients include Fortune 100 companies, universities and health systems.
  2. Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
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    Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
    Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
    2025 | Band 1 | 6 Years Ranked
    Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP is a leading practice that handles all aspects of employee benefit plans and executive compensation programs. The firm offers services in connection with an array of plans, including retirement and benefit plans. Its client roster includes entities in pharmaceuticals, healthcare, transportation and retail.
  3. Troutman Pepper Locke LLP
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    Troutman Pepper Locke LLP
    Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
    2025 | Band 1 | 5 Years Ranked

    Troutman Pepper Locke LLP is renowned for its employee benefits and executive compensation offering, with deep experience of both sectors. The team is especially adept in advising on transactional matters and acts for a broad range of clients, with a focus on pharmaceutical companies.

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Band 2

  1. Blank Rome LLP
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    Blank Rome LLP
    Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
    2025 | Band 2 | 6 Years Ranked

    Blank Rome LLP advises on benefit and compensation issues. The team regularly works with employee-owned businesses, large corporations and individual executives, assisting with matters relating to retirement, welfare and fringe benefit plans. Its attorneys also have strong experience in handling the benefits aspects of corporate transactions.

  2. Dechert LLP
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    Dechert LLP
    Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
    2025 | Band 2 | 4 Years Ranked

    The team at Dechert LLP is experienced in a range of employee benefits and executive compensation matters. Its lawyers often handle issues regarding retirement and welfare plans, among other things.

  3. Faegre Drinker
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    Faegre Drinker
    Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
    2025 | Band 2 | 3 Years Ranked
    Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath is recognized in Philadelphia for its wide offering in the employee benefits and executive compensation space. It drafts and designs compensation, health and defined benefit plans, while also offering ERISA and retirement advice.
  4. Polsinelli PC
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    Polsinelli PC
    Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
    2025 | Band 2 | 1 Years Ranked

    Polsinelli PC offers counsel across the full spectrum of employee benefits arrangements, including health and welfare plans, ESOPs and tax-deferred qualification plans, among others. The team also advises senior executives and management teams on the design and implementation of executive compensation arrangements. The firm also offers expertise in compliance matters as they relate to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act and the Internal Revenue Code.

  5. Reed Smith LLP
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    Reed Smith LLP
    Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
    2025 | Band 2 | 1 Years Ranked

    Reed Smith LLP is highlighted for its handling of a wide spectrum of employee benefits and executive compensation matters, including those in connection with M&A transactions. It advises clients on the design and operation of health and welfare plans and arrangements, as well as executive compensation plans. The team is also experienced in ERISA fiduciary matters and multiemployer plan issues. Its clients those in the healthcare, technology and manufacturing sectors, among others.